Parents:--- David Hugh Spring and Mary Ann Hobson married 14th May 1904 in Sydney, NSW.
Wife:--- Jemina Agatha Warneminde married on 20th April 1938 at Mudgee, New South Wales, in
St Mary's Presbytery by Rev Monsignor Flanagan.
~~~Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham SPRING, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
RAAF Service No:--- 423918
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 18th July 1942
Final Unit: --- No. 467 Squadron,(RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Fate: ---Died air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944,
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Commemorated:---Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:---- Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee Soldiers' Club World War II Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED 657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:---
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas Lavenham Spring, Son of David Hugh and Mary Ann Spring; husband of Jemima Agatha Spring, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Solicitor. Thomas was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his lifwe when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
Wife:--- Jemina Agatha Warneminde married on 20th April 1938 at Mudgee, New South Wales, in
St Mary's Presbytery by Rev Monsignor Flanagan.
~~~Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham SPRING, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
RAAF Service No:--- 423918
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 18th July 1942
Final Unit: --- No. 467 Squadron,(RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Fate: ---Died air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944,
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Commemorated:---Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:---- Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee Soldiers' Club World War II Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED 657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:---
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas Lavenham Spring, Son of David Hugh and Mary Ann Spring; husband of Jemima Agatha Spring, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Solicitor. Thomas was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his lifwe when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
Parents:--- David Hugh Spring and Mary Ann Hobson married 14th May 1904 in Sydney, NSW.
Wife:--- Jemina Agatha Warneminde married on 20th April 1938 at Mudgee, New South Wales, in
St Mary's Presbytery by Rev Monsignor Flanagan.
~~~Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham SPRING, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
RAAF Service No:--- 423918
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 18th July 1942
Final Unit: --- No. 467 Squadron,(RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Fate: ---Died air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944,
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Commemorated:---Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:---- Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee Soldiers' Club World War II Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED 657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:---
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas Lavenham Spring, Son of David Hugh and Mary Ann Spring; husband of Jemima Agatha Spring, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Solicitor. Thomas was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his lifwe when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
Wife:--- Jemina Agatha Warneminde married on 20th April 1938 at Mudgee, New South Wales, in
St Mary's Presbytery by Rev Monsignor Flanagan.
~~~Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham SPRING, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
RAAF Service No:--- 423918
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 18th July 1942
Final Unit: --- No. 467 Squadron,(RAAF), RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Fate: ---Died air operations in No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED657, Netherlands, 22 May 1944,
Burial:--- Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
Commemorated:---Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:---- Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee NSW.
Commemorated:--- Mudgee Soldiers' Club World War II Roll of Honour, Mudgee NSW.
Details of final mission:--- Lancaster ED 657 took off from RAF Bomber Command at 2245 hours on the night of 21/22nd May 1944 to bomb Duisberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Sixteen aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and one of these ED657 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft crashed at Nunhem in the Dutch province of Limburg, west of the Maas and about 6kms north west from the centre of Roermond.
The crew members of ED657 who perished were:---
Flight Sergeant Douglas Graham Garde (426079) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Keith Ian Hailey (419467) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris (401690) (Pilot)
Sergeant Patrick Joseph Anthony O'Callaghan (1167231) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Alec Raymond Potts (1861337) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Thomas Lavenham Spring (423918) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Cyril Wallbank (945652) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor... Michel Beckers (47419676)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas Lavenham Spring, Son of David Hugh and Mary Ann Spring; husband of Jemima Agatha Spring, of Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Solicitor. Thomas was served with the RAAF in WWII and lost his lifwe when his plane, Lancaster ED657 467 Squadron crashed at Nunhem-Limburg Holland... Shot down by German Nightfighter Uffz. Rannefeld 7/NJG2...
Contributor: Michel Beckers (47419676) •
Inscription
Royal Australian Air Force
Gravesite Details
423918
Family Members
Parents
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
